Funding search · EIN 581917676 · Nashville, TN

Clifton and Clara Ward Foundation

Name: Clifton and Clara Ward Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

29
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 29 reported grants, largest first.

$799,061
Bryan College Clara Ward School of Nursing · Dayton, TN · 2024
Endowment for the clara ward school of nursing
$200,000
Community Foundation of Fox River Valley · Aurora, IL · 2024
Opearting fund
$135,000
The Generosity Trust · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating fund
$100,000
Casa Kane County · Geneva, IL · 2024
Operating fund
$100,000
Williamsburg Community Chapel · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Operating fund
$75,000
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating fund
$75,000
Lipscomb University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Opearting fund
$50,000
Renew Therapeutic Riding Center · Holland, MI · 2023
Operating fund
$50,000
Casa Kane County · Geneva, IL · 2022
Operating fund
$40,000
Dream Catchers · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Construction of outdoor arena learning space
$40,000
Show Hope · Franklin, TN · 2022
Operating fund
$25,000
Haggai Institute for Advanced Leadership Training · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Operating fund
$25,000
Williamson Medical Center · Franklin, TN · 2023
Operating fund
$25,000
Ankerberg Theological Research Institute · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating fund
$25,000
Bethel Bible Village · Hixson, TN · 2022
Operating fund
$25,000
Bryan College · Dayton, TN · 2022
Operating fund
$25,000
Haggai Institute for Advanced Leadership Training · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Operating fund
$25,000
Williamson Medical Center · Franklin, TN · 2022
Operating fund
$20,000
Ankerberg Theological Research Institute · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating fund
$20,000
Bethel Bible Village · Hixson, TN · 2024
Operating fund
$20,000
Bible in the Schools · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating fund
$20,000
Teaching To Teach · Hixon, TN · 2024
Operating fund
$15,000
Ideals Foundation · Lawrenceville, GA · 2024
Operating fund
$15,000
Life Action Ministries · Buchanan, MI · 2024
Operating fund
$15,000
National Center for Youth Issues · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Operating fund
$15,000
Bible in the Schools · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating fund
$15,000
Ideals Foundation · Lawrenceville, GA · 2022
Operating fund
$15,000
Life Action Ministries · Buchanan, MI · 2022
Operating fund
$15,000
National Center for Youth Issues · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Operating fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.